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J. B. WEEKS.

CABINETYFOR TALKING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED M,AR.24, 1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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CABINET FOR TALKING MACHINES.

CATION men MAR.24 1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- Uni-ran era-res PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. WEEKS, OF HANOVER, FENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE TO THE LONG FURNITURE COMPANY, OF HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA,

CABINET FOR TALKING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28 1922.

Application filed March 24, 1921. Serial No. 455,130.

. close completely a portable talking machine so that the cabinet has the appearance of one of the expensive models .of fioor talking machines.

Another object is to provide a cabinet which securely holds within it a talk ng machine against any possibility of displacement. a

The invention has other objects which will appear as the description is proceeded'with. The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following de-' tailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however. that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in the drawing. but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from .the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing p Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention shown with the left hand door and the right hand top wide open.

a the back panel and the attaching piece there- Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same with for shown removed.

cabinet.

Fig. 4; is a vertical transverse section through the compartment within the cabinet which is' adapted to hold the machine, showing the machine in front elevation.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing the means for connecting the motor winding crank with. the machine when inside the cabinet.

Fig. 6 is a vertical transversesection showing the manner of-supporting and holding thetalking machine at the bottom.

The preferred embodiment of the invention includes a cabinet having front legs 6 closed. meets the upper edge of the strip able rear panel 10. A vertical partition 18 divides theii'iterior of the cabinet into two substantially rectangular chambers or cons partments which may be of equal size; One of these compartments is provided with a plurality of shelves 15 so that a number of books or albums of records may be housed within this portion of the cabinet. A swing mg door 14 is adapted to close the compartment having shelves. The record-holding compartment is closed at the upper end by a top 17 which forms substantially half the top of the entire cabinet.

The compartment adapted to hold the machine may be closed atthe front by a false door 12 not designed to be opened. Of course, this false door might be replaced by a swinging door similar to the door 14. A lougitudinally-extending strip 13 rises above the bottom 11 along the front edge thereof and thelower edge of the door 14, when 13. The vertical strip 19 is joined at the front of the machine to the forward edge of the partition 18 and meets the vertical edge of the door 14:. when closed. The top of the machine compartment is normally closed by a hinged lid 16 matching the top piece 17, the two together completing the top of the cabinet. A molding 19 surrounds the machine compartment at the upper edge thereof Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the and it is upon this molding'that the lid 16 to maintain the lid in open position, as shown, so that needles or talking machine records may be changed.

Two transverse stri as 26, 26 are secured to the bottom 11 anil are located wholly within the machine compartment. Strip 26 is located at the front and closes the open end view under the talking machine. and also serves to elevate the machine to cause it to fit tightly under the front molding on top. The strip 26 is rabbeted along two of its edges, and this strip levels the machine and at the same time holds it firmly the, rear ent heights of of these two strips.

In practice, the back stripQG" is mowed in position and screwed fast after the talking machine is put in place.

Tlieiaanovable back panel lois held in position a bar 20 secured by screws to go of the partition 18. (Fig.3.)

An interior molding 21 forming a threesided frame is secured atthe front and two sides of the machine compartment and 5 needabove thebottom thereof a sullicient him case-that of till]; mac, maymgage- 7 mg on, -under, sidezo'f the latter. Themolding 21 is shaped as to fittheequfiguution of the top molding offthe maehim, as bestdmwn; in Fig. 4i. The f0112'ih.8lld;.mt sidqnf the "21 iseclosedbyl thelooserpiem 22 whichhas needle cups 233ml a slot 24 cutv therein so thattheepiecemay fit about the tmovarmtof the machine. The loose piece 22 fihs-thermledge of the top molding of the machine is adapted. to, be, screwed In place whereby the molding within the machine compartment =:=the machine and p vents any possibility 0i upward or side m ement oiathe machine Whenthe cabinet is empty and it is desiredto initall emachine therein, the rear s rip" 01 11011220 is first reumved; this allows.

back P11110110 to. be taken out. The! rear molding piece 22mnstalso be-unfas- MdpthlG-lfittfll operation boingmost easily done by raising the lid 16 andworking hour he top. Thea the-rear stripzflfi isuniastoned. The maohine'is slid over the front three sides. Ultimately the, molding 21.

strip causing the top moldi 1 on the machine to engage with. the molding 215 at y stops further forward pushing of the ma-.

ohine when theloose iewfifl, the rear strip,"

- 26" an the back paneFlO umreplaoed. The-- timethe interior moldinggives-the machine the appearance of being builtinto the-cabinet, since the only wavy in which the machine is ordinarily viewed is by looking through. the top ofthe'nmehine compartmeat after the, lid 16in raised.

The cabinet is particularly designed for holding. small; portable and inexpensive- .and the mounting of types of talking machines. Those which have tone-controllingleaves need not be altered in construction before bei placed in the cabinet. Machines which have outwardly-swinging doors must have the doors removed for installation in order that the full volume of the sound may pass uninipeded out of the cabinet. The door 12 itself should be a mnml'transmitting panel and preferably is made up principally of a dark cloth so that the interior of the machine compartment. is not revealed. The door ll will exactly matchin outward appearance the SOHIidJittiHg panel 12.

III order-that: the talkmgmachine may be around from the outaide of the cabinet, an

extension piece 28 (see Fig; 5) is connected to the winding spindle ot-the machine and extends to a osition adjacent in hole-29 in the and panel 8. hole 29mm that" the windingerank 27 may heinkoduoedthmughthe hole-.29 tin-engage with the edemiom. pieeeflfi.

A oahinm.asahove described presents the appearance of the more expenaivemodel'sbf'floor talking mai-hines, and at the same time may he put on the market at a much lmmn price than that at which the former are sold, and enables the owner of a smnllipnrhble mmhim to to a flown typm-modzlvwrithaut disposing of his old maohina-amdlmying a new one. A cabinet such m demrihed will arxzommodate the ,di'nngee 'M are. neoessarylo make are to tormthen per molding 21 somewhat diffemntly an tspm'oe itsatlvuious-heights from the'hottom 11-, and change the dimensions the strips-26, 26", as previouslyv described.

Wrlmtis claimod:is:- 1. A cabinet for'mceiving-pmtnble. talking machines, having an opaningof a size to allow ion the poizthemaohine, said opening closed by a removable back panel and: a bar. for holding it: in lace, whereby the machine mybointro into the cabinet fimmi thetrear, saaidcahinet having a hinged top and. enclosing the entire machine i andremovable means contained within the cabinetfurhold, ing the imeehine within the cabinet whereby the machine the? appearanoe ocf being'built: in theeahinetz 2- A cabinet: forrreceiving-portable talkpmvidediwith a: hinged top andihavinga mmvable baok panel whereby the maehine may he introduced into the cabinet from the rear, said panel clusin theowning at tho'bmk of'the; inet for the in'tmdmationlofthe machine, strips fast to the bottom of theeabinet; on the-interior thereof and' upon which the machine is adapted tabeanounted whereby it is posiia-9w tioned properly within the cabinet, and a molding fast to the cabinet above the strips, said molding being so formed and positioned that it engages with the top molding of the machine when the latter is in place.

3. A cabinet for receiving portable talking machines, having a removable back panel whereby the machine may be introduced into the cabinet from the rear, means for holding the machine rigidly within the cabinet comprising strips fast to and within the cabinet and adapted to support and hold the machine in a position spaced from the cabinet bottom, and a molding likewise within the cabinet, said molding including a three-sided :trame fast to the cabinet, and a removable back-piece, said molding fitting the top n1olding of the machine and enclosing the same to cover up the space between the machine and the interior walls of the cabinet.

4.. A cabinet for portable talking machines having a partition dividing the same into a record-holding compartment and a machineholding compartment, a removable back panel for the last-named compartment, a bar for holding the panel in place, supporting strips for the machine provided on the bottom oi the machine-holding compartment, a three-sided rigid frame formed of molding secured to'the interior of said compartment and adapted toengage the molding at the top of the machine, and a removable molding section also fitting the top molding of the machine and located at the back of said compartment in advance of the back panel.

A cabinet for portable talking machines having a machine-holding compartment provided with a rigid three-sided frame formed of molding secured to the interior of the said compartment and adapted to engage the molding provided at the top of the talking machine and hold the same from upward movement, a removable molding section also fitting the top molding of the machine and located at the back of the said compartment in advance of the rear portion, and a pair of transverse strips secured respectivel'y'at the front and rear of said compartment on the bottom thereof, the rear strip being rabbeted. to engage the base molding on the machine and both strips holding the machine up-against said frame and molding section.

6. A cabinet for receiving portable talking machines having a talking machine compartment of dimensions sufiicient to enclose the entire machine, a molding fast within the compartment and adapted to engage the upper molding of the machine, and strips in the lower part of the compartment sup,- porting the machine in a position tight against the molding, whereby the machine held firmly within the cabinet with no possibility of movement, said strips being ren1ovable and reversible so that machines varying in size and machines of different makes and models are accommodated in the same cabinet.

'7. A cabinet for receiving portable talking machines having a compartment provided at the back with an opening of a size to allow for the passage of the machine into the compartment, a removable back panel of a size to close said opening after the introduction of the machine, and a molding comprising a three-sided frame fast .to' the inside of the compartment below the top thereof and engaging with the top molding of the machine when the latter is in place, and a removable rear molding piece arranged between the back panel and the machine and also engaging the top molding of the machine, said rear molding piece being fastened in place after the machine has been mounted in position within the cabinet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

. JOHN B. WEEKS. 

